BarTender® version 7.75 Service Release 2 (released on January 18th, 2007) is the first version of BarTender to be modified, tested, and approved by Seagull specifically for operation on Windows Vista.

BarTender is available in five editions that address a wide range of features and user requirements: Enterprise Print Server, RFID Enterprise, Enterprise, Professional and Basic.

Enterprise Licensing: All three Enterprise editions allow unlimited network users. Licensing is based on the maximum number of printers used by BarTender on the network.

Enterprise Print Server
Our most powerful edition. Includes all of the label design, printing, and software integration features of the Enterprise and RFID Enterprise editions, plus advanced server functions for centralized printing and administration. Includes BarTender Web Print Server to print labels from any browser. Contains our most advanced integration features, including TCP/IP triggers, XML transforms, and XML scripting.

RFID Enterprise EditionIncludes  All of the label design, printing and integration features of the base Enterprise edition (see below), plus all available RFID design and encoding capabilities.Omits  Does not offer the enhanced server functions, advanced integration, and web printing capabilities of Enterprise Print Server. (See above.).

Enterprise Edition
All of BarTender’s most powerful label design features plus automated control from within other software.Includes  Numerous software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, enterprise messaging and Seagull’s own Commander utility for cross-platform integration. Powerful data sourcing, including ODBC, OLE-DB, and the industry’s only SAP-certified direct IDoc interface. Support for Oracle XML label requests.Omits  No RFID. Excludes all server and integration features omitted from the RFID Enterprise edition.

PC Licensing: The Professional and Basic editions are licensed based on the number of PCs.

Professional EditionIncludes  All of BarTender’s most powerful label design features. Most of the advanced data access capabilities, including OLE DB and ODBC. Fully network compatible.Omits  Not designed for control from within other software. Does not offer ActiveX Automation, Commander or command line integration. No SAP IDoc or XML support. No job logging or e-mailed error alerts. Cannot export printer code templates.

Basic Edition
For users who just need BarTender’s essential label design and printing features.Includes  The most frequently used label design features. Includes all text, graphics, bar code, and most serializing capabilities. Useful for keyboard and scanner-supplied label data only.Omits  No access to external data. No password protection, VB Script customization, or string concatenation, and only limited text filtering. No custom-base serialization. Excludes all features omitted from the Professional Edition.

BarTender supports any printer with a Windows driver. In addition to virtually all laser, ink-jet and dot-matrix printers, this includes the following, for which Seagull has developed its own enhanced Windows printer drivers:

Listing of true Windows printer drivers that can be used with any true Windows program. Bar Tender enjoys certain performance advantages when talking to thermal printers using Seagull’s own drivers. Seagull Drivers are true Windows drivers. This allows them to operate with any Windows program and output to printers anywhere on your network. Written specifically for thermal label printers, they exploit thermal printing features that are unavailable using conventional Windows drivers.